THE PHONETIC INTERPRETATION OF TONE IN IGBO

Authors
LIBERMAN M SCHULTZ JM HONG SH OKEKE V
Citation
M. Liberman et al., THE PHONETIC INTERPRETATION OF TONE IN IGBO, Phonetica, 50(3), 1993, pp. 147-160
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics
Journal title
Phonetica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318388
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
147 - 160
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8388(1993)50:3<147:TPIOTI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This article presents a preliminary study of the phonetic interpretati on of tone in Igbo, a Kwa language of southeastern Nigeria. The experi mental method varies the speaker's pitch range orthogonally with varia tion in tonal material, and fits a model to measurements of maxima and minima in the resulting Fo contour. A new interpretation of downstep is proposed as a result.